One of the greatest parting gifts for students when the school-year comes to an end is the yearbook.
One of the greatest parting gifts for students when the school-year comes to an end is the yearbook. It is a year's worth of memories printed and bound, filled with great photographs, familiar faces, fun activities, spectacular sporting events, classmate autographs and a time in your life that you will look back on for years to come. It is a time-capsule of sorts, and it is important that the yearbook staff capture those parts of the school-year that meant the most.
Student Photographs
Encouraging students to take photographs throughout the year might inspire them to get creative.
Since the yearbook photographers can't be everywhere on campus at the same time, it would be an interesting concept to encourage students to take photographs throughout the year and then submit their best ones for consideration for the yearbook. This might inspire students to get creative, have fun and take part in the yearbook process.
Student Premonitions
Adding student premonitions for the future could be a fun and positive way to encourage forward-thinking.
A fun thing to do would be adding student premonitions, positively fun, yet possible visions for their own future and for the future of their friends and classmates. For instance, a student might state that she plans to cure cancer. Another student might have a premonition that her boyfriend will be elected President of the United States in the 2028 elections, while another student envisions his best friend receiving the Nobel Peace Prize for having finally washed his practice jersey after four years of high school football. Student premonitions could be the part of the yearbook that is all in good fun, while expressing real possibilities for their future at the same time.
Student Transportation
A student's first mode of transportation is a pretty big deal.
A student's first mode of transportation, particularly in high school, is a pretty big deal. It is a time in a student's life when they are given the keys to their freedom and the opportunity to pull into the school parking lot without the added embarrassment of having Mom and Dad tote them around. Capturing photographs of students' cars is like capturing photographs of the first time they rode their bike without training wheels-priceless. A student's car is as much a part of school life as is his math homework.
Messages from Senior Parents
Adding messages and special photographs from parents and family members can help make the yearbook more memorable.
A neat way to add meaning to a yearbook would be to add special photographs and personalized messages from parents and family members to graduating seniors. Since parents put forth a great deal of effort in getting their children through the first 12 years of school, it is an extraordinary way for them to demonstrate just how proud they really are of their child. It is also a great opportunity for parents to dig out those embarrassing baby photos and put them to good use, sharing them with their child's classmates for years to come.
